“I’m awed to be honest. I’ve seen people completely transformed in just two days.”

—Katherine Ollinger

PrincipalEYP Architecture & Engineering P.C.

“I found the Graceworks Coach U workshop very informative with tips and ideas on presentations, both the preparation and the delivery, that I can use to help set our team apart from the competition. I would recommend this workshop to anyone trying to improve their presentation skills.”

—Rick Nail

Executive Vice President and Senior PrincipalLBYD, Inc.

“Jen is awesome, and we loved the Coach U workshop. Would recommend this workshop for any SMPS Chapter.”

“I recently used some of my newfound Graceworks wisdom with my 8-year old daughter who was very nervous about having to recite a fairly difficult poem at school. Not only did we have great fun being goofy together – before we knew it, she had nailed the poem, and she delivered it at school perfectly!”

—Ben Baffer

Vice President of OperationsKaufman Lynn Construction

“Thank you for your workshop. The content was perfect. The delivery was best-in-class.”

—Beth Lowry

Executive Vice PresidentHolder Construction Company

Public Events

Get a taste of Graceworks at one of our fun, upcoming, freedom-finding public events.

Strengthen your presentation skills in this fun, interactive workshop where you’ll learn to engage and energize your listeners. Through teaching, discussion, strategic improvisation and master-class coaching, we’ll help you identify and drop nervous habits. You’ll find out how to prepare and practice your material, use props and graphics wisely, and breathe life into “boring” technical presentations!

Gracewriting: Words with Power and Grace

Are you frustrated by poor writing skills? In our fun, interactive workshop, Gracewriting® teaches you to write with power by being clear, concise and correct. We help you write with grace by putting your reader’s needs first. You can choose from a series of modules, which we customize for your specific writing woes. Whether it’s business or technical writing, be ready to be big and bold as you experience Gracewriting®!

Fat-Free Gracewriting: Put Your Writing on a Diet

Wimpy writing just doesn’t get results! Fat-Free Gracewriting® teaches you to write with power by being clear, concise and correct. In today’s lightning-fast business environment, no one has time to read wordy emails, letters or proposals. It’s time to put your writing on a diet!

The Human Connection at Work & Play

In this workshop, you’ll learn to connect with others and convey information with passion and clarity. No more useless meetings, fruitless networking events or frustrating conversations. Your team will learn to create clear and genuine communication that truly gets the message across and meets their listeners’ needs. One of the keys to doing just that is Whole Brain® Thinking. You’ll learn the secrets of connecting with people who don’t think like you do – a powerful team building tool!

Communicating with Your Whole Brain

Are there people in your world that drive you crazy? Would you like to be able to better connect and understand your colleagues, clients – even your family? Then think and communicate with your whole brain! In this fun, highly interactive workshop, we’ll explore how to communicate using Whole Brain® Thinking and craft whole-brained messages. You’ll gain an awareness of how you like to think and communicate and, even more importantly, understand and appreciate how others think and communicate!

Writing Proposals with Your Whole Brain

What if the content in your proposal spoke to your clients’ different preferences and thinking styles? Wouldn’t that be helpful to your reader? Welcome to the power of writing with your whole brain! HBDI’s Whole Brain® Thinking helps us understand how people prefer to think, process information and communicate. In this interactive workshop, we’ll learn how to use Whole Brain® Thinking to craft proposals that will help your readers get your message and help them make decisions that are right for them.

Marketing with Your Whole Brain

Successful firms are finding new ways to capitalize on their talent, connect with their prospects, and satisfy their clients. To optimize these areas, you and your team should be applying Whole Brain® Thinking to your marketing efforts. You’ll see the benefits of thinking in your own style, start to recognize and appreciate the cognitive diversity in your firm, and learn how to craft a marketing message that speaks directly to your targeted audience’s thinking preferences.

Leading with Your Whole Brain

At some point in our lives, we’ve each been shaped by an exceptional leader – a teacher, coach or boss who helped us achieve more than we thought possible. Most likely, that great leader was also a great communicator. In this highly interactive workshop, you’ll learn to communicate using Whole Brain® Thinking and craft whole-brained messages. We’ll explore what you’re saying (and how you’re saying it) to help you better communicate with your team.

Q&A The Big Bold Way

These days, a shortlist presentation is often won or lost during Q&A. Shoot, sometimes the whole presentation is nothing but 45 minutes of Q&A! Your teams need to be prepared to listen, think fast, and share their stories with personal, positive, passion. This workshop uses improvisation techniques to help you do just that!

Welcome to Coach U

We begin by laying a quick foundation of The Human Connection® – how do you equip your team to become more comfortable and connect with their audience? Then, we share our presentation preparation process, so you’ll have a plan to tackle your sales or shortlist presentation. Next, we explore how to present as a team – an untapped weapon in presentations today. Finally, we cover how to unlock a presenter’s freedom by coaching them from the “inside out.”

“I’m awed to be honest. I’ve seen people completely transformed in just two days.”

—Katherine Ollinger

PrincipalEYP Architecture & Engineering P.C.

“I found the Graceworks Coach U workshop very informative with tips and ideas on presentations, both the preparation and the delivery, that I can use to help set our team apart from the competition. I would recommend this workshop to anyone trying to improve their presentation skills.”

—Rick Nail

Executive Vice President and Senior PrincipalLBYD, Inc.

“Jen is awesome, and we loved the Coach U workshop. Would recommend this workshop for any SMPS Chapter.”

“I recently used some of my newfound Graceworks wisdom with my 8-year old daughter who was very nervous about having to recite a fairly difficult poem at school. Not only did we have great fun being goofy together – before we knew it, she had nailed the poem, and she delivered it at school perfectly!”

—Ben Baffer

Vice President of OperationsKaufman Lynn Construction

“Thank you for your workshop. The content was perfect. The delivery was best-in-class.”

—Beth Lowry

Executive Vice PresidentHolder Construction Company

“What I took away from the Whole Brain® Thinking workshop was that our differences are actually an asset!”